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But Jane, who enters her office to an oil painting of her father, smiling kindly in a maroon armchair, is confident that Sol would have wanted his holdings intact for generations to come.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

The 23 senators present donned maroon velvet robes Monday and swore to "do impartial justice according to the constitution and the laws of the Philippines" at the trial.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

She took off her white coat to reveal a second outfit, this time a deep maroon dress with a lace-up back.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

The charge of the maroon cavalry was gathering pace.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

The elevator operator was a Negro man in a maroon uniform and cap.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

That maroons 100 chatty senators - including four Democrats in the heat of a nomination fight - for the serious constitutional business of the impeachment trial, for hours at a time.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 21, 2020

Maybe it’s the generic newness of the place, which was built a little over five years ago — all browns and maroons and sea foam green.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2018

The Houston canvases are dark purples, maroons, black: the colors of old sorrows or ageless ones.

From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2017

Set in Wyoming shortly after the Civil War, the film maroons the titular group of unsavory types at a stagecoach stopover during a blizzard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2015

She and William saw them at dusk, when “the sky was so very lovely, too, maroons, lavenders, blues.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

The Joyjatra, chartered by a Singapore-based company, was marooned for nearly four months.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

In short: Wilson snuck a 2,700-year-old poem through the gates of mainstream taste — and after that victory, her arrogance left her marooned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Alexander Selkirk was marooned on an uninhabited island in 1704.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

His universally acclaimed “Summer of Soul” dropped in June 2021, offering deep refreshment to thirsty concertgoers marooned in a barren season for live music.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

We also debated heading down to Camp Two that afternoon, but Taske was insistent that we not descend from the Col while Hall was marooned on the South Summit.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Fifteenth-century sailors shared stories of ships that had become ensnared in the algae, marooning their crews at sea.

From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2023

The lack of open nursing home beds is marooning some patients in hospitals for weeks while social workers seek placements.

From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2023

Debris flows and swollen creeks blocked roads and highways, marooning hundreds of people for hours and, in some cases, days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2023

In neighbouring Switzerland the heat dried out the shore of Brenet Lake, marooning boats.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2022

It is now many years since my marooning on Ug, but my recollection of the country, its inhabitants and their wonderful manners and customs is exceedingly vivid.

From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 by Ambrose Bierce